When a man loves a woman Recovering addict Nick Dorsey finds solace in his regimented life. That is until he meets Shyla Metha. Something about the shy Indian beauty who delivers take-out to his Greenwich Village loft inspires the reclusive writer. And when Shyla reveals her desire to write a book of her own, he agrees to help her. The tale of a young Indian girl growing up against a landscape of brutal choices isn’t Nick’s usual territory, but something about the story, and the beautiful storyteller, draws him in deep. Shyla is drawn to Nick, but she never imagines falling for him. Like Nick, Shyla hails from a village, too…a rural village in India. They have nothing in common, yet he makes her feel alive for the first time in her life. She is not ready for their journey to end, but the plans she’s made cannot be broken…not even by him. Can they find a way to rewrite the next chapter?

In the early stages of planning the Third International Conference in System Science in Health Care, the steering committee members, most of whom had participated in the first conference in Paris (1976) and the second in Montreal (1980), made some basic decisions about organization of subject matter. The earlier meetings had been very successful in bringing together specialists from the health professions and the traditional sciences. In addition to physicians and nurses, these were representatives of the disciplines of the behavioral sciences, system theory, economics, engineering, and the emergency fields of management science and informatics -all concerned with the development of health resources in a broad system context. The reported research and experience of the many disciplines represented had dealt with one or more of three concerns: 1) a major health problem, such as cardiovascular disease, or an important popUlation at risk, such as the elderly or children or workers; 2) some generic aspect of organization and decision making, including trial and evaluation ofinnovative health strategies; and 3) the methodology of research and analysis in system of health service. The challenge to the conference organizers lay in the eliciting and arranging of experiences in such a way that the health services could be seen as purposeful,living, evolving systems.

The immigration of Muslims to Europe and the integration of later generations presents many challenges to European societies. Unwanted builds on five years of ethnographic research with a group of fifty-five second-generation Muslim immigrant drug dealers in Frankfurt, Germany to examine the relationship between immigration, social exclusion, and the informal economy. Having spent countless hours with these young men, hanging out in the streets, in cafes or bars and at the local community center, Sandra Bucerius explores the intimate aspects of one of the most discriminated and excluded populations in Germany. Bucerius looks at how the young men negotiate their participation in the drug market while still trying to adhere to their cultural and religious obligations and how they struggle to find a place within German society. The young men considered their involvement in the drug trade a response to their exclusion at the same time that it provides a means of forging an identity and a place within German society. The insights into the lives, hopes, and dreams of these young men, who serve as an example for many Muslim and otherwise marginalized immigrant youth groups in Western countries, provides the context necessary to understand their actions while never obscuring the many contradictory facets of their lives.

Kidnapped, denied his heritage, falsely identified and sold to The Captain, Ben’s life is transformed from comfort and wealth to pain and bondage. His value is the white color of his skin and as ‘Breeder’ he must impregnate young slave girls for the Mulatto market. Attempts to escape bring multiple injuries, whippings, a branding and in the care of Mamma Pearl. Forced to wed and exploited by the Captain’s daughter, he suffers the inhumanities of slavery. But despite his declaration of “Love unwanted!” his life is touched by these few who warm his heart, and his body, throughout the years.

UNWANTED is a story that brings to the fore discrimination and stigmatization towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Set in the bustling city of Port Harcourt, it narrates the story of three youthful girls and a young man whose paths are more intertwined than they can imagine...made stronger and weaker by their experiences of stigmatization. It is a tale of struggles, successes and human frailties.

This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Although infanticide and child abandonment were worldwide phenomena from antiquity down to the nineteenth century when massive numbers of children were still being abandoned in Europe, China was unique in targeting girls almost exclusively. Yet despite its persistence for two thousand years, little has been published on a practice that is deeply sensitive within China and little understood by outsiders. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations, noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes and continuation of female infanticide since 1650 despite efforts by Confucian moralists, Buddhist teachings, government officials, and even imperial edicts to stop the practice. The arrival of Christian missionaries led to foreign involvement as well, with Catholic priests baptizing abandoned and dying infants in Nanjing and Beijing beginning in the early 1600s. Mission efforts peaked in the nineteenth century when the European-based Society of the Holy Childhood urged Catholic children to contribute their pennies to help neglected children in China. However, most of the infant victims were drowned at birth in the privacy of their homes, thereby escaping the scrutiny of the law and the public. Mungello brings this secretive practice to light with a nuanced and balanced analysis of the cultural, economic, and social causes of early infanticide and its contemporary manifestation in sex-selected abortion as a result of the government's one-child policy. Presenting female infanticide as a human rather than a distinctly Chinese problem, he estimates the tragic loss of girls in the millions.

Munch Mancini’s hopes for a brighter future are endangered when a serial killer catches her in his sights. “The most engrossing and fastest-paced Munch Mancini adventure yet.” — Portland Oregonian On the path to building a better life for herself, Miranda “Munch” Mancini has started her own limo service, to compliment her work as an auto mechanic. Times are tough, making it impossible to turn down a client, even when it’s a shady federal agent hiring her services to ferry a sleazy diplomat. Munch hands the actual driving duties over to Ellen, an old friend who’s fresh out of prison, also looking for a new start. When Ellen disappears with both the car and the client, the police are back on Munch’s doorstep. A serial killer is on the loose, and Munch’s client may have been a victim – or the perpetrator. Munch now must bring the police into her life again if she’s going to put her past behind her and save a few lives – including her own. “There’s no more interesting protagonist in crime fiction than Munch Mancini… Don’t miss this series.” — Chicago Tribune “A well-paced, effortless read.” — Los Angeles Times

What Every Girl Needs to Know About the Real World has been writing in one form or another for most of life. You can find so many inspiration from What Every Girl Needs to Know About the Real World also informative, and entertaining. Click DOWNLOAD or Read Online button to get full What Every Girl Needs to Know About the Real World book for free.

An exciting novel set in China at the turn of the last century about a fourteen year old girl called Ko-Chin who is married off in an arranged marriage. She's been taught to obey her husband and be a good and dutiful wife - but her husband is a reformer who believes she should think for herself. Soon they are both caught up in a rebellion and Ko-Chin has to decide between her old traditions and the new western ways. An exciting adventure which combines historical accuracy with a fast-moving plot.

Abandoned by his mother, abused by his dad, bullied at school ... Childhood wasn't easy for Steve Walker. By the age of 23, he had become one of London's most notorious drug-dealers - nickname "Psycho" - with a fast car, a trail of broken relationships, and a life-threatening drug habit of his own. When his business partner's body was found in the boot of a car, Steve moved underground in a bid to go straight. But leaving his old life behind was more difficult than he'd imagined. Years later, committed to a psychiatric hospital, his body ravaged by abuse, he was given one last chance to save himself... Steve: Unwanted is a testament to the incredible power there is within all of us to break even our most hardened habits and behaviour, and turn our lives around. It is a glimmer of light for anyone touched by addiction.

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies. Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights through primary research. The book covers a broad range of social science discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India. Son Preference will be useful to students, scholars, activists and anyone interested in the issues surrounding gender inequity, sex selection and skewed sex ratios.

The life of a single mum, who was "unwanted" born, felt it all her life from parents and ex husband and escaped with her son to safe their lives. Start a new life in another country, never gave up and fight for a better life. Hope this book give others the strenght to change something, say "no" and leave when it's time and never to give up. Even you don’t believe it sometimes, but it's worth it.

Police Women and Gender Justice has been writing in one form or another for most of life. You can find so many inspiration from Police Women and Gender Justice also informative, and entertaining. Click DOWNLOAD or Read Online button to get full Police Women and Gender Justice book for free.

Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Texas “Fascinating.”—Time “A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”—The Boston Globe “A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”—The Washington Post Book World “Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”—The New York Times